Author Archives: Syndicated Content
SoftBank to retire treasury shares after group’s largest-ever buyback
By Sam Nussey TOKYO (Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp said on Wednesday it would retire treasury shares worth 16.3% of its outstanding stock after the group's largest-ever buyback swelled its holdings. ...
Apr 28, 2021
War-rooms and oxygen: India’s IT companies scramble to handle COVID-19 surge
By Sethuraman N R and Anirban Sen BENGALURU (Reuters) - India's giant IT firms in Bengaluru and other cities have set up COVID-19 "war-rooms" as they scramble to source oxygen, medicine and hospital b...
Apr 28, 2021
Eczema treatment and vaccines lift Sanofi first quarter results
By Matthias Blamont PARIS (Reuters) - Sanofi confirmed its 2021 targets after it posted stronger-than-expected first quarter results as sales of its star eczema treatment as well as flu and polio vacc...
Apr 28, 2021
Pakistan sees record COVID-19 deaths as officials consider stricter lockdowns
By Umar Farooq ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan recorded more than two hundred COVID-19 deaths in a day for the first time since the start of the pandemic on Tuesday, as the government said it was consi...
Apr 28, 2021
Sen. Stabenow announces $3.4 million investment to improve water quality and fishing in West Michigan
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WKZO AM/FM) – Tuesday, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, announced a new $3,429,770 investm...
Apr 28, 2021
EU parliament backs post-Brexit EU-UK trade deal – Verhofstadt
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Parliament has voted in favour of the post-Brexit trade deal between Britain and the European Union, leading lawmaker Guy Verhofstadt said on Wednesday. "The @Europar...
Apr 28, 2021
France arrests Italians who had been on the run after terrorism convictions
PARIS (Reuters) - Seven Italians, who had been on the run since they were convicted on terrorism charges in Italy, have been arrested in France, the French presidency said on Wednesday. A search was u...
Apr 28, 2021
UK plans to use health service app as vaccine proof for travel
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain is working on using the existing National Health Service (NHS) coronavirus app to show that people have received their COVID-19 vaccine for international travel, Transport Se...
Apr 28, 2021
London Stock Exchange reports 3.9% rise in first quarter income
LONDON (Reuters) - The London Stock Exchange Group reported a 3.9% rise in total income in the first quarter as it continued to integrate its $27 billion acquisition of data and analytics company Refi...
Apr 28, 2021
NBA roundup: Luka Doncic-led Mavs blow out Warriors
Luka Doncic outscored Stephen Curry for the first time in five career head-to-heads and Dallas ran off a franchise-record 28 consecutive points bridging the first and second quarters as the Mavericks ...
Apr 28, 2021
